Sherwood Design Engineers : Green Building Projects

Projects


		Brisbane City Hall - Brisbane, California A renovation of the property located at 50 Park Place to serve as the new home of the Brisbane City Hall was already under way when this project won a Demonstration Project Grant from the SMCWPPP. The City of Brisbane received the grant to retrofit the existing project with stormwater control features to attenuate peak flows from the property and to improve the quality of stormwater runoff. Sherwood Design Engineers collaborated with landscape architects Nevue Ngan & Associates to retrofit the main parking lot with a rain garden to treat runoff from that parking lot and back half of the building rooftop. Additionally, the front yard was relandscaped to include a vegetated swale to treat runoff from the side parking lot and front half of the building rooftop.

		Mission Bay Block 26A - San Francisco, California In the heart of the Mission Bay redevelopment area, Sherwood helped turn a former abandoned industrial warehouse building and railyard into a 300,000 square foot, six-story core-and-shell office building that is leased to biotech companies. We coordinated the as-built survey of the 1.9 acre site; designed sewer, domestic water, reclaimed water, and storm drain utilities for the building; prepared construction documents for submittal of civil utility plans to the City of San Francisco; and oversaw construction administration of the project. In coordination with EDAW landscape architects, we designed a landscape drainage system that uses gravel bands and perforated pipe network to improve stormwater filtration and run-off from the site.

Image credit: EHDD		Packard Foundation - Los Altos, California Designed for the Packard Foundation, this building in Los Altos, California is a leading model of sustainability and green design. The LEED-Platinum project aims to achieve a net-zero energy use and complete carbon neutrality. Sherwood worked with the team to design multiple sustainable systems, including graywater reuse, rainwater harvesting, green streets, stormwater infiltration and treatment, and pedestrian-friendly circulation. As part of this project, a 550-foot length of public street was redesigned to include rain gardens adjacent to the street that will treat road runoff, and four surface parking lots will be retrofitted with vegetated swales and infiltration basins to treat stormwater runoff. In addition, Sherwood was responsible for sustainable systems integration, grading and drainage design, site utility design, and deconstruction all the way through construction.

Image credit: Pelli Clarke Pelli		110 Embarcadero - San Francisco, California Working closely with Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects and Hines Interests, Sherwood provided civil engineering and sustainable consulting services to this urban site along San Francisco's historic Embarcadero waterfront. The commercial office building design, as a landmark of sustainable urban architecture, features a rainwater cistern and reuse applications, living exterior walls, and LEED certified stormwater system. In addition to contributions to the water system design and development, Sherwood was responsible for civil utilities work and coordination in this complex urban setting.

Image credit: Robert A.M. Stern		American Revolution Center - Valley Forge, Pennsylvania The American Revolution Center is the first museum dedicated to telling the complete story of the American Revolution. Nestled into a rolling hillside in Valley Forge, the partially buried museum was designed by Robert A.M. Stern to meet LEED certification standards. In collaboration with Balmori Associates, Sherwood Design Engineers was responsible for incorporating sustainable design features across the 78-acre site, including an integrated stormwater management plan. The plan highlights include a site-wide decentralized approach to stormwater management; rooftop and overland rainwater harvesting for both interior and exterior reuse; and a comprehensive water balance which focuses on maintaining the predevelopment hydrologic cycle. To further the museum’s mission of engaging visitors in this iconic American landscape, Sherwood developed a watershed restoration plan which creates a wetland and enhances natural stream corridors, while allowing access via trails and walkways throughout the property.

Image credit: BKSK Architects		Olmsted Center - Flushing Meadows, New York Within the heart of Flushing Meadows – Corona Park, Sherwood is working with BKSK Architects on the reconstruction of the NYC Parks Department Headquarters at The Olmsted Center. Originally designed by SOM in 1961 and used as the administrative headquarters for the 1964 World’s Fair, the project will provide new work space for park staff. The proposed facility incorporates sustainable design principles while meeting a LEED Silver rating. Sherwood’s role has spanned the design process from feasibility analysis to construction documentation of all site civil improvements. To alleviate flooding concerns on the site, we have developed a comprehensive stormwater management strategy that not only includes LID water management techniques, but creates a managed flood plain system which floods low priority areas first while high priority areas are protected.

		895 Emerson - Palo Alto, California The design of this 4,000 sf office building in downtown Palo Alto serves as a leading example of sustainable adaptive reuse development. Planned home of the Schmidt Family Foundation and other environmentally focused non-profit groups, the project seeks to demonstrate through design many of the goals of the Foundation and its co-tenants. The former autobody shop will undergo a major overhaul in order to better arrange the interior workspace, increase overall energy efficiency, and provide an on-site stormwater management system. Sherwood was responsible for a comprehensive stormwater collection and reintegration system that utilizes all rainfall on the site. The system includes a number of filtration methods to treat, and then reuse the water to service the building, keeping the site completely independent of the municipal stormwater system.

		Presidio Stewardship & Sustainability Center - San Francisco, California Sherwood Design Engineers helped lead a collaborative design and construction project between the Presidio Trust and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy for the first phase of the Presidio's Stewardship and Sustainability Center, the Nursery and Seed Headhouse. The Center, which focuses on environmental education and volunteer programs, features net-zero water resource management, sustainable stormwater and bioswale design projects, and a unique plant propagation program that invites the public to participate in the restoration of the national Park through native plant establishment. In addition to the site design for the new Seed Headhouse provided by Zeta Communities, Sherwood designed a unique site-wide water network consisting of three different water sources for the future water reuse systems in order to achieve a net-zero water demand for the Center.

Image credit: Perkins+Will		Presidio Adaptive Reuse Housing (PHSH) - San Francisco, California Located within San Francisco's historic Presidio Park, the centerpiece of this unique project is the rehabilitation and conversion of the Public Health Services Hospital building into 154 new apartments. Sherwood was selected by the client for our history of pioneering sustainable site practices and our collaborative design methods. We worked directly with Perkins + Will and CMG Landscape Architecture on the development of this LEED-Silver complex which includes natural habitat restoration, landscaped courtyards, roof water infiltration and bio-infiltration swales, roadway rehabilitation and design, and new hiking and biking trails.